ALARM RINGS
INDISTINCT COMMANDS
CAR HORN BEEPS
ALARM CONTINUES
Sir, we weren't expecting you.
Gold Commander Field is currently unavailable,
so you have me. What's the situation?
Uh, buildings cleared and locked down.
Any hostages? At least two, possibly more.
The suspect absconded from HMP Enmouth.
Any demands?
Not yet, we're trying to establish contact.
Why hold up a police station? It's not a bank.
Lance Miller, tactical firearms.
It's crowded in here, isn't it? Who, are they?
DS Hunter and DC Akbari, part of the Crime Squad.
We work closely with criminal records.
Where's DI Monroe?
We don't know, she wasn't amongst the evacuated workers.
I've sent her a message, she'll be here.
Right, get us a coffee, will you?
INDISTINCT RADIO COMMS
That's Monroe's ex-boss.
Apparently, he's a right piece of work.
We're about to establish contact with the hostage taker.
All right, everybody, shush, shush, shush, shush.
This is Chief Superintendent Callum Banks,
we have the building surrounded.
Let's try and find a peaceful solution, shall we?
WOMAN'S VOICE: Good idea.
Monroe?
God grant me the serenity to accept
the things I cannot change,
the courage to change the things I can...
...and the wisdom to know the difference.
MOBILE RINGS
Patience. Is everything all right?
Yeah, I'm just here with a woman who says she's been
a victim of a miscarriage of justice.
Well, she should speak to a solicitor.
Well, I told her she could speak to you.
What? No, I don't have time to deal
with some random off the streets right now.
Um, I don't think she's a random. Can you just come, please?
OK, fine. Come and meet me.
I'm at that new coffee place round the corner.
This is Nicola Barclay.
Hi. DI Monroe.
So, what's this all about?
I was wrongly convicted of murder.
Murder?
15 years ago, my sponsor from an addiction support group
who was found stabbed at his home.
No. Oh, no!
But he was already dead when I got there, and I was scared.
I had David's blood on me and I...I'd been drinking.
I was pretty out of it.
I ran, and the cops found me at home the next day.
No-one believes an alcoholic.
Mm. What did they think your motive was?
Well, they said that I was afraid that he'd report me
to social services for relapsing,
and being an unfit mother, and I was trying to silence him.
They thought your sponsor would break his confidence?
In my experience, confidentiality is
a big deal in addiction support groups.
That's what I told the police.
I had nothing to do with it. But I served 15 years, all the same.
Christ! Wow. When did you get out?
A few days ago.
This is the police report.
It... This is in Manchester.
And Callum Banks was the DCI?
Yeah.
Um, there's something missing.
I mean, were there no other suspects?
Can you help?
Well, in, in my opinion,
the police work done by
the investigating team was uncorroborated and un-rigorous.
Sounds on brand for Callum Banks.
Hey, take a seat.
We'll let you know when we've got something.
That's Nicola.
Nicola, you can't be in here.
GUN COCKS
OK.
Let's stay calm.
OK.
Give me the gun, Nicola.
What are you doing, Nicola?
ALARM BLARES
Apparently, it's in Criminal Records.
Wait, this is for real? Do we know where the Patience is?
They're sealing the building off.
We've got to go and get Pa...
Armed Response are on their way. Come on, let's go.
COMPUTER BEEPS
I can't access the external server. They've isolated Criminal Records.
So?
Um, well, it means that I can't communicate with Manchester.
There must be another way.
Find it.
Um, I've...
I...
Um...
PHONE RINGS
SECOND PHONE RINGS
You need to answer that.
It's a good sign.
It means they want to negotiate.
Just... just need time to think.
I just...
You... You.
This is Chief Superintendent Callum Banks.
We have the building surrounded.
Let's try and find a peaceful solution, shall we?
Good idea.
Monroe?
Er, cut the loudspeaker, yeah?
What the hell are you playing at, Monroe?
You might remember Nicola Barclay.
She's a murderer and a fugitive.
You sure about that?
What does she want?
Her case re-examined.
We don't bargain with criminals.
Haven't you attempted to neutralise her? She's one woman.
A woman with a gun can do just as much harm as a man with a gun.
All right, Monroe, enough chat. We're coming in.
Can you wait?
Give me one hour, and I will resolve this peacefully.
No. No way.
I assume you don't want fatalities reported on the news?
Fine. You've got one hour.
After that, we're launching an assault.
Start finding a way in.
You said an hour.
Surely you've learnt by now not to trust her.
I don't know what you mean.
You will do.
MOBILE RINGS
Patience, are you OK?
I...I need you to get into HQ.
The whole place is locked down. I know.
It's just the only way to access Criminal Records in Manchester.
I can't do it from here.
All right, all right.
We have to get inside.
Come on.
One, two, three...
COMPUTER CHIMES
He's sent it?
Yeah, um...
Your sponsor was a professor.
Chemistry.
Mm. Shall I print it?
Yeah.
What's that?
Um, it... it looks like some sort of code.
Can you decipher it?
I'll need some time.
PRINTER WHIRS
Can I?
Yeah.
Stop.
What?
Um, it's just that I always work alone in here.
Not today.
She's trying to prove your innocence.
Nicola, You need to trust her.
PATIENCE TALKS QUIETLY TO HERSELF
INDISTINCT RADIO COMMS
Isn't that the lad from SOCO?
Yeah. What's he doing here?
He's... Patience's boyfriend.
Or was.
Have you got a family?
Kids?
A daughter.
Gemma.
She's the most important thing in my life.
That's why I want to clear my name.
Tell me about her.
How did you know Patience worked with me?
I didn't. I was looking for her.
Oh.
There was stuff online about her.
Said she was a genius at solving difficult cases.
Yeah, she is.
If you were on day release,
you must be close to finishing your sentence?
Just under a year.
Under a year?
Why didn't you wait, get a solicitor, appeal your case?
Because I don't trust the law.
Yeah, Callum Banks will do that to you.
25 minutes.
She's got 25 minutes to solve this.
She will. She will.
God, I could do with a drink. I'm sorry.
No, don't be. Please, don't be.
So could I?
You said that, er,
you knew about addiction support groups.
Yeah, I've worked on cases in that world. But what led you there?
My son was killed.
Oh, God, I'm sorry.
It was a hit-and-run.
Noah.
He was six.
He was the sweetest, smartest kid.
Everybody loved him.
PATIENCE TALKS QUIETLY TO HERSELF
I'm ready.
Right, we're going in.
Now? It's not time. She still has 15 minutes.
Yeah, exactly, it'll be a surprise.
Chief Superintendent, if DI Monroe is not ready,
it'll put her and Patience in serious danger.
HE SCOFFS
This has to end now.
Whoever it takes.
We're going in.
To the right. To the left.
INDISTINCT
So, the day that he was murdered, your sponsor, David Exeter,
was chairing an addiction support meeting.
He kept a register. Really?
It's supposed to be anonymous.
Well, he used a code.
And you cracked it?
There was an interesting photo on his wall.
A gathering of eminent scientists in 1860 at the Karlsruhe Conference.
Yeah. Well, it was a crucial moment
in the conception of the periodic table.
I'm sorry, I'm getting a GCSE chemistry flashback. Move on.
It was the key to his code.
So, the numbers in his notebook, they're atomic numbers.
And so I matched them with their corresponding symbols.
And?
They're names.
What is going on?
Um...
OK, we need to get out of here. OK. Now. OK.
Move.
What...?
RADIO: Control, confirm entry made.
Visibility. Now moving carefully. Over.
Control, heading down to basement.
Control, this is team leader. Signal is breaking up.
This way.
Aghhh!
I'm police. She's with me.
Get down! Stay down!
INDISTINCT SHOUTING
Stay as you are!
Officers have been recovered, sir.
Hmm. The suspect has not been located.
Oh... Over. ..Christ's sake.
Aiding and abetting a fugitive,
you've outdone yourself, Monroe.
You're likely to lose your job for this.
This all comes back to you, and you know it.
Careful.
You know what happens when you let your mouth run?
Any word out of you in there
and I'll make sure this time
you can't just transfer your way out of trouble.
I'm going to ask you again,
why did you bring an armed civilian into
the Criminal Records Department?
Do you realise how serious this is?
You're central in an internal investigation.
Your job is on the line.
What's he doing here?
I'm waiting for an answer.
May I have a word with DI Monroe in private?
Yeah.
She's a tricky one, isn't she?
She was in my department in Manchester for a couple of years.
I know you have a history with Banks,
but you can't make this personal.
Oh, "not make it personal", right?
Ha!
You know, Banks said you couldn't be trusted.
From what I've seen today, I think he might be right.
He tried to frame me, sir.
What?
He's bent.
And I saw it time and again.
Corner cutting, massaging evidence to fit the narrative,
cherry-picking cases.
And when I called him on it,
he made life very... difficult for me.
That's why you left.
Look, I don't like the guy.
If you don't play a ball now, it could cost you your job,
and I don't want to lose a valued officer.
That's a very long-winded compliment, sir, but thank you.
So...
...will you cooperate?
I can't.
His connection with Nicola Barclay
isn't just to do with the prison break.
What?
Ma'am.
Thank you.
I understand there's a conflict of interest with
a previous case involving Nicola Barclay.
I'm afraid, Chief Superintendent,
you're going to have to step off this investigation.
Don't be ridiculous.
This is my division, this is my case.
If you could step out, please.
It might be diplomatic if you left us to it.
Did you make any attempt to stop Miss Barclay from fleeing?
What? When I was being pinned to the floor by the AR team? No.
So, you have no idea where she is now?
I'm sorry.
OK.
Please.
You work with DI Monroe on criminal investigations,
but you aren't officially in her department?
Um, no, I'm employed in Cr... Criminal Records.
But the Crime Squad often requests my help.
In what capacity?
Um, well, I'm autistic,
so I can help them see things in a different way.
Um, so these documents tell the order of the events,
but I'm looking for the story.
So, when I lay everything out,
I can see the patterns that start to emerge,
and then I follow the path that they present
and more evidence appears,
and then it's like reconfiguring a kaleidoscope of the pattern.
And then I know how the case unfolds.
Hmm.
Traces of silica
and sodium carbonate were found at the crime scene.
So, 15 years ago, the victim, David Exeter,
was chairing an addiction support meeting,
and it was held at a disused glass factory.
Hence the traces of silica and sodium carbonate.
Yeah, exactly.
So, Miss Barclay claimed that she wasn't at the meeting,
but traces were found on her shoes and on the crime scene.
Making her a suspect. Mm.
But couldn't the victim have left them there?
He was at the factory chairing the meeting.
Well, David Exeter, he was a wheelchair user,
and so that means that the residue
and the pattern distribution are completely different.
So, investigators concluded that
it was Miss Barclay who left the traces there.
Yes.
There's another way of looking at it, though.
Miss Barclay didn't deposit traces of silica
and sodium carbonate on her shoes in the victim's home.
She picked it up there.
So, you're saying someone else from
the addiction support meeting was at the crime scene?
Yes.
Why were the police so stuck on Nicola Barclay?
Was everyone else ruled out?
They weren't even looked into.
Attendees are anonymous,
but it wasn't impossible to find who else was there.
How do you mean?
David Exeter, he kept notes in code
about everyone that attended the meeting.
So, I compiled a list.
Why didn't the team in Manchester do this?
I don't know.
Too focused on their golden conviction rates.
They also didn't think it relevant.
Why?
Well, the phone records here.
Miss Barclay was the last person David Exeter called.
Investigators assumed he was threatening to report her
to Child Protection Services for relapsing.
So, she killed him to silence him.
That's quite the supposition.
Well, when they found her the next day inebriated,
they took that as proof.
And she paid for it for the next 15 years.
Boss, I thought you might like to go to your cell.
What? Yeah, we've been asked to keep you in the station,
so, you know... But at least you've got a bed. Christ's sake.
Yeah, I'm sorry. It's OK,
you're only doing your job.
What are you doing? Let's try in here first.
Hey, thanks, but for God's sake, make sure Baxter doesn't find out,
cos you'll get disciplined for this.
It was Baxter's idea.
Patience.
Oh, God, I'm so sorry.
What? We're not supposed to be talking.
Sod that. Are you OK?
Um...
Well... Well, yeah, they took my headphones
and my backpack, but I'm... Yeah, I'm fine.
OK, look, we haven't got much time,
and God knows what Banks is cooking up,
but it's pretty clear we both think that Nicola is innocent, yeah? Yeah.
And I'm sure that she knows that we think that,
so why did she disappear?
We were going to help her explain the whole thing.
Like, where did she go? I don't get it.
Well...
Well, maybe she got what she wanted already. What?
Well, the list of names, everyone at the addiction support meeting.
Yeah, but we haven't figured out who the killer was yet.
Well, she can. She's resourceful.
Yeah, and tough.
15 years in prison will do that for you,
let alone what she went through before.
You mean the murder of her sponsor?
And losing her six-year-old son.
What?
He was killed in a hit-and-run 18 years ago.
What happened to the driver?
Never found.
DOOR OPENS
I'd like to make a phone call, please.
Thank you.
He's not picking up.
Oh, there's no answer.
Um, what time is it?
Er...
7.30.
Oh, Billy will be running the group now.
Um...
Can I try one more number?
But you know her.
What, do you seriously think
Patience would knowingly be guilty in assisting an escaped prisoner?
I'm doing what I can.
I can't say more than that.
MOBILE RINGS
Patience?
Elliot.
Hey, I... Are you OK?
Um, well I've got myself into some trouble.
Yeah, I know.
Listen, I know we're not, dating any more,
but, um, I really need you to do something for me.
OK.
Everything all right?
Yeah.
Yeah, er, sir?
Any chance you can pull any strings in Manchester?
You picked this up in Manchester?
Yeah, she says she needs them tonight.
Yeah.
KNOCKS ON DOOR
Hello, do you mind if I...?
Thank you, mate.
You all right? Got a little something for you.
DOOR BUZZES, THEN OPENS
Miss Evans, you requested a medical professional.
So...
...I understand there's something
I can actually help you with, Miss Evans.
DOOR BUZZES, THEN OPENS
You all right, boss? How you doing?
Well, the linen could do with an iron,
and the bellboy's a bit of a drag.
Well, I've brought you some room service, so...
Oh, cheers.
Sorry, I can't drink that.
Well, maybe a fat rascal will help take the edge off.
I drove across town this morning to get those fresh,
just how you like 'em.
Oh, you good lad.
Oh.
So, what's the news?
Banks is about to hold a press conference.
What? Why?
Probably to craft some suitable narrative for himself.
Mm.
And throw me and Patience under the bus to cover his arse.
Yep.
Has Evans got all her facts lined up?
Well, she's gone through a whole packet of highlighters, so.
Mm.
Then it's time to strike.
MOBILE RINGS
What?
Chief Superintendent Banks,
could you pop into the office, please, sir?
It's about DI Monroe and Miss Evans.
No, absolutely not.
They had their chance and it wasn't convincing,
as, no doubt, Wallace realised.
They'll get what's coming to them,
and there's nothing they can do about it.
I...I'm going to have to insist.
You're going to want to hear 'em out.
Fine.
This better not take long.
They really did all this?
Yep. You and Will have got to find this man. Sir.
What's this?
If you want to intimidate me you'll need more than numbers on your side.
You're in an embarrassing situation, sir.
Losing an armed escaped prisoner
from a building surrounded by police.
As my friend in PR would say, the optics aren't going to play.
Hmm, well, you can be sure I'll make the public very aware of what
a fantastic job City of York Police did in establishing
that situation in the first place.
We understand you're about to deliver a press conference,
and obviously all this will come out.
But if you wait,
we think we can deliver Nicola Barclay to you.
And you can look like you're doing your job.
Where is she, then?
We're working on that,
but we know where she's headed and we know what she wants.
What she wants?
It's hardly a revelation.
She wants to overturn her conviction.
No. She isn't chasing exoneration, she's chasing revenge, sir.
18 years ago, Nicola's son was killed in a hit-and-run.
The child was left for dead, and the driver was never found.
And it turns out the real reason that Nicola came to us is
to learn the identity of the person who was driving that car.
We managed to obtain the car accident report pertaining
to the death of Miss Barclay's son in Manchester.
We have a witness who stated after the car smashed into
the wall, the driver quickly fled the scene.
With that small bit of information I was able
to work out the identity of the driver,
but, for the rest, I needed the help of Dr Parsons.
I have a contact at Manchester Royal Infirmary A&E.
Me ex-husband, actually.
Anyway, Tim found a traumatology case that was logged in A&E,
the day after the accident.
The patient's name, Andrew Montague.
And Andrew Montague attended his first addiction support meeting
the same day that David Exeter, Nicola's sponsor, was killed.
How do you know?
It's impossible to find out
who's in those rooms, their anonymity is protected.
And yet Miss Evans managed to put together a list in 20 minutes.
We didn't need a list. We had a guilty suspect,
she had traces of silica in her shoes.
All that was disproved, Chief Superintendent, by Miss Evans.
We believe that Andrew Montague
confided in his new AA sponsor
that he killed Nicola's son in a hit-and-run.
David tried to persuade Andrew to confess in person,
so he rang Nicola to say that he was
with someone who wanted to own up to the hit-and-run.
But Andrew wasn't ready to accept responsibility
for his crimes, so he killed David and fled the scene.
When Nicola turned up he was already dead.
If you're telling me that Nicola Barkley wants revenge
on Andrew Montague, then why are we stood round here wasting time?
My team are looking for him now.
DI Monroe, Miss Evans,
you're free to go pending a decision.
HE SNORTS
Given the irregularities that have
come to light regarding the David Exeter case,
I'll be opening an investigation with Manchester Police.
You might want to cancel that press conference.
HE SCOFFS
Frankie.
Hi! Er... Elliot.
Sorry. Um...
Hi.
Seems like that was a success.
Er, yeah. Um...
Sorry, I just wanted to say
thank you for helping us,
and that we couldn't have done it without you.
So, how are you?
Yeah, I'm fine. I'm great.
Good. Yeah.
Well, I'd better be off. OK.
Yeah, we've got an address for Andrew Montague,
but the traffic's a nightmare and our blue lights ain't helping.
Backup's on the way.
Um, Elliot.
Um...
I'm not fine...
What? ..or good. I...I messed up.
Oh, um...
I got in my head.
And I know you're with that woman from the SOCO team now,
and I understand, but I just needed to tell you...
Wait, wait, hang on.
What?
What? Sarah?
Well, no, no, I mean, like, yeah,
we did go on a couple of dates, but it wasn't right.
It wasn't?
No. Why?
Cos I like someone else.
We've found Andrew Montague.
Um, I...
Yeah, go. OK.
DI Monroe, can I come with you?
No.
I solved this case - the hit-and-run,
David Exeter's murder. Without me, you would've been... Fine. What?
Well, get on then. Er...
But hold on tight cause I'm not going to slow down for you.
Er, OK.
Hello, Andrew. You killed my son.
I don't know what you're talking about.
Yes, you do. Get up the stairs.
Somebody, help!
You keep your voice down or I'll kill you now!
No. Get up!
No!
They're on the roof.
Er... Put this on.
OK.
I'm not going to jump, if that's what you want.
You're going to have to shoot me.
GUN COCKS
OK, OK.
Honestly, I didn't know he was dead until I heard. I'm sorry.
You could have taken responsibility.
Well, you're going to take
responsibility now for David and for my boy!
POLICE SIRENS
Nicola.
Hey.
Nicola, Patience did it.
She's found the proof to clear your name.
If you let him go, we're going to arrest him and charge him.
OK? Trust me.
You're too late. I've waited years for this.
You're not going to take it away from me now.
You don't want to do this, Nicola.
You don't want to do this. Think about your daughter.
I've not been a mother to Gemma for a long time.
She's her own person now.
But Noah will never grow up!
Never!
Just stay back. I will kill him.
Miss Barclay.
Hi. Sorry...
DI Monroe she always tells me I focus too much on
the numbers and statistics,
but she's taught me to really look at the person
and when I look at you, I don't see a killer.
She's right, Nicola.
She's right. Put the gun down, Nicola. Just put the gun down.
Ugh! Agh!
GUNSHOT
No! Get down!
Get down!
Get on the floor! Get down!
I know. I'm fine, I'm fine.
Every morning in prison I woke up knowing my son was dead...
...and that he was still out there
walking around like nothing happened.
Well, rest assured, he won't be walking around like that any more.
You paid the price and you shouldn't have.
I'm sorry.
Hi, boss. How you feeling?
Peachy.
Anything we can do?
Yeah, don't cock it up before I get back.
Yeah, she's fine.
I underestimated you, you crazy badass.
Right. Thank you.
I...
Well, you're dangerously unpredictable and chaotic,
but I'm glad you came to York.
Thank you. Thank you.
Welcome back, ma'am. Oh, tidied up your office.
What? Only joking.
Oh. What happened with Nicola's case?
Good news, her conviction's been overturned.
And what about the stuff she pulled last week?
Well, there'll be repercussions, but she's already served 15 years,
so there's likely to be some leniency.
Have you heard about Banks?
I'm guessing he's out for revenge.
Well, luckily, this whole hostage thing hasn't played. No kidding.
Word is he's a sinking ship and the rats are running.
Wow!
Wow, I never thought... Yeah.
I'm glad I didn't mess up my career for nothing.
Monroe, a word?
It's good to see you on the mend.
Please, take a seat.
Oh, no, I'm OK, yeah.
I wanted you both to know I handed in my report this morning.
I found you guilty of breaking protocol
and breaching police security.
I'm sorry, Miss Evans, but my job is
to make sure everything is done by the book.
No, yeah, I...I understand completely and... and, so...
What I did was unacceptable and irresponsible,
but I'd like to hand in my resignation.
I haven't finished.
What you both managed to achieve on such a short space of time,
and with little resources is staggering.
So, I want to recommend that you be allowed
to resume your duties without delay.
Thank you. Thank you.
Great, well, yeah, good decision ma'am.
Yeah, apparently a cold case like this is media relations gold.
Zinzi's asked me to do a spread for a Sunday supplement,
you know, a day in the life, etc.
Oh, congratulations, sir. When does that come out?
Oh, when pigs fly.
Right, now that the boring bit's over, let's get to the pub.
You're, er...
Joy. Hi.
Hi.
Um, are you here for the wedding, or...?
No.
I was told you were here, and I wanted to see you.
Um, me? Why... Why?
When you came to my house...
...I wasn't completely honest with you.
What do you mean?
You're my sister.
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